Lot 53: John Jules Nimmo, after Jean Hippolyte Flandrin, 1880

La Jeune Grecque: a young lady, in white dress, a black ribbon in her dark hair, holding a green book, seated in a blue chair
inscribed on reverse 'H t e FLANDRIN Louvre, Ecole Fauve : 769 Portrait de Jeune Fille miniature on ivory by John Nimmo 9 rue de Verneuil Paris 1880', floral pierced gilt-metal frame
2 3/8 in. (60 mm.) diam.
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This miniature is after an oil portrait by Hippolyte Flandrin of an unknown young lady. Portrait of a young lady or 'La Jeune Grecque' was painted in 1863. It is in the collection of Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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